A team of ecologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are leading an international initiative to investigate the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most ...

Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research indicates they may be equally averse to heavy ...

The long-held belief that more than ten percent of tropical insect species feed on a specific plant host is revised by a team of researchers led by Vojtech Novotny of the Czech Academy of Sciences and ...

A new review paper finds that climate change is pounding insects in a wide variety of ways all over the world. Because insects are so sensitive to temperature change, climate change is impacting them ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing alarming declines, ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island may be cryptic, or visually indistinguishable from related species, ...

New research from Brazil shows terrestrial insects there are declining both in abundance and diversity, while aquatic insects are largely staying steady. Given a dearth of long-term data on tropical ...

Aim: Insects feeding on seeds and fruits represent interesting study systems, potentially able to lower the fitness of their host plants. In addition to true seed eaters, a suite of insects feed on ...

Insects are arguably the most important animals on the planet. Their variety is unparalleled in nature, and they carry out vital tasks such as pollinating plants and providing food for other animals.